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Zdzislaw Najder - Joseph Conrad: A Life (Studies in English and American Literature and Culture) - 9781571133472 - V9781571133472
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Joseph Conrad: A Life (Studies in English and American Literature and Culture)

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Description for Joseph Conrad: A Life (Studies in English and American Literature and Culture) Hardcover. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. This biography analyzes several aspects of Conrad's life and works: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; and his attitude toward socialism. Series: Studies in English & American Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 806 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1358. A Life. Series: Studies in English & American Literature & Culture. 806 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. This biography analyzes several aspects of Conrad's life and works: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; and his attitude toward socialism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 33. Weight: 1290.
Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English -- and world -- literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. For the biographer this is a double-edged sword, however: thereare many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult. Zdzislaw Najder's meticulously documented biography first appeared in English in 1983, garnering high praise as the best, most complete biography of Conrad. Najder's command of English, French, Polish, and Russian allowed him access to a greater ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
Series
Studies in English & American Literature & Culture
Number of Pages
802
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571133472
SKU
V9781571133472
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Reviews for Joseph Conrad: A Life (Studies in English and American Literature and Culture)
The most scholarly, most comprehensive, as well as the most faithfully Conradian account of the writer's life . Especially with the publication of its new edition . unlikely to be surpassed for a long time to come.
HUNGARIAN JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES
A great achievement in revealing to us with honesty and compassion a writer of ... Read more

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